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  • Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…

    ... disks created with Spectaculator in Spin or SpecEmu before, like the write ...
    FrankT FrankT March 2010 Emulators
  • Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…

    ... for ages to create blank disks, and then formatted it in ... error if the disk is write protected. Does that mean that ... is the actual disk is write protected?
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2010 Emulators
  • Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…

    ... it does not manage the disks's write protection explicitely, so it ... always read but it cannot write at all (neither formatting, writting ... of the disks explicitely, and it can full read and write disk ...
    Ricardo Cancho Ricardo Cancho March 2010 Emulators
  • Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…

    ... Spin and other emulators (except write protect is wrong way). FORMAT ... your work.dsk and new disks created with Spin 0.666 ... when working with +3 disks. And enable write protect in Spectaculator if ... or SpecEmu be able to write to the disk.
    FrankT FrankT March 2010 Emulators
  • Some help needed, pretty please! :-)Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-) I'm going through a process to get all my tape games (some real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I'…

    ... write and .dsk images you've created back to real +3 disks ...
    Hercules Hercules March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I'd always been kinda curious / embarrased to try it...... but I've finally done it, and I think I like it! I've installed Linux! Well, I did it on one of the Kids' machines after Windows ate itself an…

    ... luck...

    ...Many distribution disks now operate as either installation ... disks (Setup) or as live distributions ( ... /> IF YOUR A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, WRITE YOUR CODE IN SOMETHING THAT ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil March 2010 Chit chat
  • Spectrum +3 with internal 3.5" Floppy!!I've decided to flog my beloved Speccy +3 and fall back to emulation again. Not the same I know, but I'm absolutely skint! It also has the sound dist…

    Does it still use the proprietary format for the 3.5" disks? I mean, can you read/write them on a PC then load into the Speccy? If not directly, is there a PC utility to read/write to them?
    joefish joefish March 2010 Sales
  • Spectrum +3 with internal 3.5" Floppy!!I've decided to flog my beloved Speccy +3 and fall back to emulation again. Not the same I know, but I'm absolutely skint! It also has the sound dist…

    ... 3.5" disks? I mean, can you read/write them on a ... a PC utility to read/write to them?[/QUOTE]

    disks using your standard PC drive ...
    Spectroid Spectroid March 2010 Sales
  • So you want to be a poser. Again.Imagine operating a website that got exposed for gamestaging other people's work, hilariously forgetting to remove the author names when claiming it …

    ... still have, in tapes and disks). But then, suddenly without warning ... one to know what to write and how to deal with ...
    Paulo_PT Paulo_PT May 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Comet 20 Game Pack on +3 DiskI recently won this rare title in excellent condition on an ebay auction (the +3 disk variety) having owned the original as a kid. Up until a few mon…

    ... cover/inlay from me and write the disks from WOS to blanks ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2010 Support files
  • Rest in Peace, Jonathan Smith (was: Frobush Absence)You may or may not have noticed the absence of the honourable Frobush aka Jofa Smifff from your forums... The explanation is a little sad but does ha…

    Wow. thats a great write up! I'm sorry to ... knew him well, only reading write-ups from WOS, watching him ... with the Game Set Match disks. The corruption on the bat ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae June 2010 Chit chat
  • commodore amiga 1200 helpHi i have just been given a commodore amiga 1200 computer in good condition it has not had any add ons, and i would like to know how to use it as whe…

    ... use something like "adfblitzer" can write back to disk without need ... to write back to disk,not really recommended to use HD disks ... as these can leave to read and write errors ...
    JACK98 JACK98 July 2010 Chit chat
  • Tape-Disk Copy +3I seek convertor tape to disk +3. I have DTCONV by Pentacle, but this program has bugs.

    ... />
    I really ought to write a blog about copying files ... doing stuff with 3.5" disks
    guesser guesser July 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…

    ... to do with anything I write, and we agree on it ... Russia with very special TRD Disks files...
    Speccyman Speccyman August 2010 Development
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... a brave man indeed to write this from scratch... but I ... be able to read your disks, and USB drives/storage for ... my DOS commands to find disks and material in storage, a ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • DD/DS Floppy disks!Another problem facing this day and age,dd/ds disks are getting scarce,anyone know a place in uk/europe that sells them?,i aware of the sellotape ove…

    the strength of the magnetic field used to write the data is different for HD disks. The magnetic coating of the disk is a different material, it's sort of like the different kinds of cassette tape
    guesser guesser August 2010 Chit chat
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... version of realspec supported read/write to a real 3.5 ... /> there are also utilities to write a dsk image to a ... 's DSKTOOL.

    protected disks can be a problem, and ...
    guesser guesser August 2010 Hardware
  • Amiga 500Someone gave me an Amiga 500 a while back, now I know it had some great games, but apart from that, is it much use for anything else? Please try to …

    ... !!!... With the latter, you can write your own games and stuff ... PC drives to treat the disks as DoubleDensity and then using ... those disks on the Amiga - so maybe ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil August 2010 Chit chat
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... DSK files to real floppy disks, then I can use them ... ? WTF?
    It is called "Write", not "Burn".
    And NO ...
    LCD LCD September 2010 Hardware
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... to format the disks as 720k dos disks, and write the files onto ...
    guesser guesser September 2010 Hardware
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... ;476231]I intend to copy/write/burn the DSK image file ... .

    Using real +3 disks with an emulator limits you ... />
    If you want to write +3 game images to real ... +3 machine, use SAMdisk to write the images, as it has ...
    obo obo September 2010 Hardware
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... be useful for some protected disks that doesn't works ... that works with real floppy disks?[/QUOTE]

    What ... and several disks, but CPCdiskXP always reported lot of write errors and ... requested.
    or
    write: Data error (cyclic redundancy check ...
    Pegaz Pegaz September 2010 Hardware
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    [QUOTE=Pegaz;478138]write: The drive cannot find ... exist when it comes to write it. It sounds like ... using real DD disks instead of HD disks with the ... properly with some copy-protected disks. If it's [ ... track caching when accessing real disks, meaning it'll be ...
    obo obo September 2010 Hardware
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... exist when it comes to write it. It sounds like you ... by using real DD disks instead of HD disks with the density ... properly with some copy-protected disks. If it's [i]Batman ... track caching when accessing real disks, meaning it'll be reading ...
    Pegaz Pegaz September 2010 Hardware
  • Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…

    ... change the way it reads disks. Programs that were made to ... read the disks the way we need require ... disk preservation purposes and read/write needs that type of full ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Hardware
  • R3PLAY 'The Arcade, Retro & Video Gaming Expo' - Blackpool[url]http://www.r3play.info/[/url] The big one ! Big retro show in Blackpool on 6th/7th November, both Games TM/Retro Gamer are putting their names…

    ... interview a few people and write an article about retro gaming ... had a few old floppy disks next to it but nobody ...
    retrogod retrogod November 2010 Announcements
  • Copying from divIDE+/Tape to +3 DiskCan it be done? Im about to place an order for some 3" disks and wanted to put my favourite games on them, but im having a hard time trying to figure…

    ... well until it started to write to disk, it seems both ... order a batch of 3" disks.
    Macc Macc November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What to get for Sound tracker?I'm quite new to world of Spectrum, so need little advice what to buy. I want to make some good AY noises with program called Sound Tracker. Not mu…

    ... (because it has read and write support), but to use it ... the joys of 3.5" disks :-)
    gasman gasman November 2010 Hardware
  • 3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…

    ... true DD drive: of course, disks should be DD (720k) or ... hole on 1.44MB floppy disks... had to do the same ... some PVC tape - not the write protect hole, but the hole ...
    Hercules Hercules December 2010 Hardware
  • 3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…

    ... disks are less sensitive, so they need a stronger field to write ... around 600 oersted for 720K disks, and around 750 for ... 1.44M disks.

    The ... or caused by a bad write.

    I' ... past, and always use DSDD disks now – you can still ...
    obo obo December 2010 Hardware
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